How to start an online auction Site. **Please Help**

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Guys, My brother in law just called and wants to start an online auction site. How difficult is it? I have no knowledge in this niche.

Please shoot me something. If you a designer...let me know some cost ranges or really anything.

Thanks Fellow Warriors.

Jeff Mitchell
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  • Profile picture of the author JeffMitchell
    Originally Posted by Traffic-Bug View Post

    It is a highly competitive niche. How are you planning to complete with established websites like eBay? How do you plan to gain users who will be much necessary for the site to show a user base to begin with? Instead of diving straight down into taking the plunge, pause for a moment and think about the business model...
    This is nothing to do with me. I told it is was HIGHLY competitive and costly to get started...but this is something he wants to do. He is a selling maniac. All the stuff that he buys and sells...he wants to convert it to the online world.

    I told him that I could not help him unless he wanted a blog for sales...lol

    Just thought I would throw it out to fellow warriors for advice.


    Jeff Mitchell
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    HELP NEEDED! My Mother And Her Brother have been taking care of the mother with the help of Hospice. He just had a Massive Heart Attack while taking a short vacation. My mother had to go to Florida from Indiana to be with her brother and is not financially stable from being off work to be with grandma. Any Help Would Be Appreciated. http://www.gofundme.com/vg5kt4c

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  • Profile picture of the author Silas Hart
    This is such a hard thing to create. You could build one and never get sellers, because you wont have the traffic of buyers. You could pay for traffic to get potential buyers, but they wont stick around if your marketplace is tiny and has very few sellers. This is why eBay has become the giants they are, lots of buyers, bunch of sellers.

    He could look at all of the back-end features eBay uses to list items, and compare them to eBay's alternatives, and I'm sure he can come up with a pretty good idea on how he wants his site to function.
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    • Profile picture of the author JeffMitchell
      I told him to just start an ebay business. or craigslist business and he could make a killing. He has this idea.

      Thanks guys for the input.

      Jeff Mitchell
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      HELP NEEDED! My Mother And Her Brother have been taking care of the mother with the help of Hospice. He just had a Massive Heart Attack while taking a short vacation. My mother had to go to Florida from Indiana to be with her brother and is not financially stable from being off work to be with grandma. Any Help Would Be Appreciated. http://www.gofundme.com/vg5kt4c

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